was shimmering
- past progressive of shimmer.
Example Sentences
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Everything down there was shimmering, flitting in and out of sight, and suddenly I realized why.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2024
There’s the tennis court and swimming pool below and then the walls of the Old City, where the golden Dome of the Rock was shimmering in the sunlight.
From Washington Post ● May 21, 2017
I was walking down Second Avenue and, suddenly, there it was, shimmering in the late afternoon sun, in the window of Urban Outfitters.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2014
Still, her sound was shimmering, plush and penetrating.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2011
Vitellius, the Fifth Cohort’s Lar, was shimmering behind him.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
